404 Demons #030

In Edo-period Japan, the gods charged the hero Momotaro with destroying demons that took hold of people and fed on their life force through parasitic "bugs." He fought beside three loyal vassals, Kensuke, Saruhiko and Yukijiro, until a single, immensely powerful demon came close to wiping out the whole party.

With Momotaro near death, a god gave him one last command: cut that demon down. His strength would gather inside a peach, and he would be born again from it. To watch over him while he slept, one of his vassals would be chosen and made immortal.

Hundreds of years later, in the modern Reiwa era, the reincarnated Momotaro wakes up in a surprising and rather undignified form: the body of a chicken. His modern-day demon hunt starts here.

This volume is by Mochi, who also created Cuticle Detective Inaba and The Witch's Servant and the Demon Lord's Horn. It is a Japanese-flavored reincarnation fantasy in manga form.